Several years ago I received a recommendation to seek out a man named Dave Towe. He is an aquatic therapist using warm saline based pools for his practice. I had amazing transformative experiences with Dave, healing really. As I do when I come across something I have a passion for - I tell everyone! Since then I brought several people to Dave's pool and even photographed one of the sessions. That too was an amazing experience. To witness another's healing experience.
Fast forward - one day I got a call from Dave. He was expanding his practice to include couples' work and asked if I would photograph that process, in the water. That day was off the charts, full of powerful intense feelings of love. You can see and feel it in the images that came out of that day. Those images are now a part of Dave's new book 'Warm + Water + Alchemy'.
Another seed was planted when I held a workshop on making books and as always I sent out a wave of marketing which ultimately led to another call by Dave to help him create a book. We met on Easter Sunday and three months later a book was born.
As the Creative Editor for this book, I had the privilege of being with images from many of the warm water photographers over the past several months, including my own. Part of this process was selecting and introducing quotes from both Rumi and Gandhi that hold hands with many of the images. This is truly a beautiful book that only begins to scratch the surface of Dave's profound work.
I invite those who stumble upon my blog to preview this book, become moved to own it, and treat yourself to a session with Dave. Always grateful.
In All Things Love
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